It’s another good day for customs broker Frank Ramos, who founded The Perishable Specialist with his wife, Anna, about 24 years ago in South Florida.

“But I’m a little older than that,” said Ramos. “I started in 1989 but I still have a lot of energy and a lot of years left.”

He noted that his office in Doral, FL, features “the same solid team I had a year ago. It is pretty much the same. I’m blessed.”

Jacobs Malcolm & Burtt is a global marketing, packing and shipping company in California, representing growers in California, Mexico and Peru and shipping both asparagus and packaged sweet corn worldwide.

In October, leading asparagus importer Farm Direct Supply is partnering with the National Breast Cancer Foundation on an asparagus retail promotion to raise awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer. 

For Miami-based Crystal Valley Foods, Peruvian asparagus is an integral part of the puzzle with its year-round availability.

Backed by its more than 30 years of experience importing asparagus from Peru into the U.S. market, CarbAmericas is expecting its volume to increase this year and has added a seasoned asparagus sales professional to keep the ball rolling.

Anthony Leombruno, who has been involved in the deal for many years, joined the CarbAmerica sales team earlier this year as a sales executive.

Dubbing itself “the world’s largest distributor of green asparagus,” Calexico, CA-based Altar Produce LLC is in the midst of a very solid year in terms of supplies.

“Production is steady and will be comparable to previous years, between 11-13 million 11-pound cases a year,” Director of Sales Denys Sam told The Produce News in early September.